Flubendazole

Flubendazole
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com	International Drug Names
License data	US DailyMed: Flubendazole;
ATC code	P02CA05 (WHO) QP52AC12 (WHO);
Identifiers
	IUPAC name Methyl N-[6-(4-fluorobenzoyl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]carbamate;
CAS Number	31430-15-6 ;
PubChem CID	35802;
DrugBank	DB08974 ;
ChemSpider	32932 ;
UNII	R8M46911LR;
KEGG	D04200 ;
ChEBI	CHEBI:77095 ;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL145946 ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID8023058 ;
ECHA InfoCard	100.046.007
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C16H12FN3O3
Molar mass	313.288 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
Melting point	243 °C (469 °F)
Solubility in water	10.0 ± 0.4 × 10−6 μg/mL (pH 1.6); 0.29 ± 0.06 × 10−6 μg/mL (pH 6.5) mg/mL (20 °C)
	SMILES COC(=O)Nc1[nH]c2ccc(cc2n1)C(=O)c3ccc(cc3)F;
	InChI InChI=1S/C16H12FN3O3/c1-23-16(22)20-15-18-12-7-4-10(8-13(12)19-15)14(21)9-2-5-11(17)6-3-9/h2-8H,1H3,(H2,18,19,20,22) ; Key:CPEUVMUXAHMANV-UHFFFAOYSA-N ;
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Flubendazole is an anthelmintic, used both in humans and for veterinarian purposes. It is very close chemically to mebendazole, the only difference being an added fluorine atom.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Vasilev NA, Voronin AP, Surov AO, Perlovich GL (March 2023). "Influence of Co-amorphization on the Physical Stability and Dissolution Performance of an Anthelmintic Drug Flubendazole". Molecular Pharmaceutics. 20 (3): 1657–1669. doi:10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00873. PMID 36732935. S2CID 256546280.
^ Heyer F, Tourte-Schaeffer C, Ancelle T, Faurant C, Lapierre J (1 February 1982). "Le flubendazole : un progrès dans le traitement des helminthiases intestinales. A propos de 471 observations". Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses (in French). 12 (2): 57–61. doi:10.1016/S0399-077X(82)80047-4. ISSN 0399-077X.

[Vasilev_2023-1] Vasilev NA, Voronin AP, Surov AO, Perlovich GL (March 2023). "Influence of Co-amorphization on the Physical Stability and Dissolution Performance of an Anthelmintic Drug Flubendazole". Molecular Pharmaceutics. 20 (3): 1657–1669. doi:10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00873. PMID 36732935. S2CID 256546280.

[2] Heyer F, Tourte-Schaeffer C, Ancelle T, Faurant C, Lapierre J (1 February 1982). "Le flubendazole : un progrès dans le traitement des helminthiases intestinales. A propos de 471 observations". Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses (in French). 12 (2): 57–61. doi:10.1016/S0399-077X(82)80047-4. ISSN 0399-077X.

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